Bampton Environmental Watch Group

Bampton Environmental Watch Group is Bampton's Local Amenity Group, founded in the autumn of 1989 and registered with the Civic Trust (which assisted in drawing up BEWG’s Constitution). It has a membership of more than 100.

Local Amenity Groups are voluntary, independently administered groups of people who are concerned with the quality of their local built and natural environment. There are several hundred Local Amenity Groups registered with the Civic Trust.

The Civic Trust is an independent agency, founded 40 years ago. Its aim is to uphold high standards of environmental quality and management throughout the UK. Its main concern is with the places where people live and work.

To foster and encourage enjoyment and understanding of the built and natural environments.

To give support to those proposals that will be of benefit to Bampton.

To raise awareness of proposals that could be detrimental to Bampton, so that members may take appropriate action as they individually see fit.

It monitors planning applications affecting Bampton. It submits corporate comments to the District Council. It also informs the membership of those plans with controversial implications, so they may take individual action if they wish.

It publishes regular Newsletters to all members.

It holds an AGM and three other Open Meetings (open to non-members). Speakers are arranged for all meetings and past talks have covered such diverse subjects as the Archaeological History of Bampton, the Planning Control Process, Wild Life, Waste Re-cycling and Morris Dancing

 

It has an Executive Committee of four Officers and between six and ten other members, elected annually from the membership.

We all live busy lives and are often not aware of proposals which could affect our local community until it is too late. Rural communities like Bampton are very vulnerable to inappropriate speculative developments. It was a proposal for one such development which triggered the idea for the formation of BEWG.

Our ability to be effective lies in your concern and support.

Anyone who cares about Bampton and its local area. Please consider joining us, we always welcome new members.

Single Member – full rate: £6-00

Single Member – concessionary rate: £3-50

Concessionary rate applies to members who are retired or unwaged (including junior members)

Two or more members in the same household, each £3-50

Membership is renewable annually on 1 January, but membership commencing in October, November or December in any year, will carry through until the end of the following Year.

For a membership application form or more information: please email bewg@sagaman.co.uk or telephone the Membership Secretary 01993-850823, or the Honorary Treasurer 01993-850479.